Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Bigger
Bad Wolf:
Western media would have us believe that Russia is the greatest
threat to Ukraine. Arguable, at best; the IMF may be far more
dangerous, for it will give Ukraine the loans it needs only if it
imposes more austerity on the country, cutting or ending most public
subsidies and reversing laws that prohibit Monsanto
foreign investors from buying up agricultural land. And, of course,
the people must be taxed even more to pay back both previous loans
and the new ones. It is Greece all over, with the Russians at the
door for motivation. Kid yourself not, modern finance is war. Short,
Not Overly Sweet:
Greece's Finance Minister has rejected the (warmed-over) EU bailout
offer as "absurd".

In
The Wings:
Just offstage, waiting for Greece and Ukraine to finish their turn in
the spotlight, Spain's Podemos has taken a huge lead in the latest
polls as surveys show that over 80% of Spaniards say the economic
situation is bad and must change.

Slowly,
Slowly: The
High Court in Northern Ireland, in the first of what may become a
government-shaking series of trials and revelations, will hear
arguments alleging Britain's MI5 was actively complicit in both the
sexual abuse of children at the Kincora children's home in the
1970's, and in covering up the abuse – much of it involving high
ranking UK personalities - for four decades.

Encore:
An aggressive new strain of HIV, reported from Cuba, progresses so
quickly to full-blown AIDS that antiretroviral treatment comes too
late to be effective.

Chicken/Egg:
Is it possible that HSBC's laundering of drug profits was not the
result of a demand for illegal drugs throughout the world, but that
the demand for illegal drugs was the result of a demand for massive
profits on the part of bankers and their co-conspirators? After all,
it worked so well in China in the 1840's and 50's. In a possibly
related item, former US President Bill Clinton
issued an apology to the Mexican Nation for the damage the US War
On Drugs has done to their country.

Common
Corpse: The
majority of public school students in the United States are now
officially considered
to be 'low-income'. Just like their parents.

Rotten
To The Core:
The USDA has approved the sale of biotch apples that have been
tinkered with so that they will retain a fresh appearance for weeks
and weeks after they've begun to rot. And in American, it's the
appearance that counts.

The
New World Disorder:
The ceasefire negotiated in Minsk will not hold; the rebels are
winning and have a Big Brother behind them, while the crooks and
conspirators in Keiv have little but promises from the US and IMF and
a weakened and encircled army. The great European security system
will not stretch
to cover Ukraine, and may not cover much of Eastern Europe. The
commonly agreed-upon norms and constraints on state behaviors are
dissolving. The theory that sanctions and lower prices for oil
would cow Putin has
turned out as useful as the austerity imposed on Greece. Europe's
disorder has grown, even while being denied.

Epidemiology:
A rare, deadly, and highly contagious disease is spreading across
the United States; willful ignorance. Not just about vaccinations,
but in politics, science, religion – in all aspects of what was
considered to be 'civil' society. It is fed by fear, stoked by
irresponsible and ignorant celebrities, politicians, and FOX.

Our Motto

Keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.